Death-sentence Definition

Death-sentence Sentence Examples

• Or she may have jesses or leash attached which could spell a death sentence for her.

• Openly proclaiming his adhesion to Luther's doctrine, he was imprisoned for half a year (1520 or 1522) at Dillingen, by order of the bishop of Augsburg; a death sentence was commuted to banishment through the influence of Isabella, wife of Christian II.

• The commutation of his death sentence had been due to some doubts as to his complete sanity, so atrocious was his conduct.

• No ' noble savage ' he, the tasks he prescribes for Jason amount to a death sentence.

• The International Committee against the death sentence is protesting against this sentence and demands the quashing of the sentence.